Jem Mature In To Kill A Mockingbird

The novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, is about how a prejudice town in the south voted against an innocent African American man. Atticus, the father to the youngest Jean Louise "Scout" Finch, and older Jem Finch. As a child is young, they learn how to mature throw people and experiences. Many people in this novel have this effect on the character "Scout". Scout learns to mature through the court case involving Tom Robinson, the innocent African American man in the story, as well as an isolated, misunderstood man named Arthur "Boo" Radley. To begin with, the court case involving Tom Robinson is significant in Scout's maturation. When Scout hears the full story, she quickly realizes that the town of Maycomb is extremely closed minded and prejudice against Tom, regarding his skin tone. During the middle of the trial, Jem and Scout have a short chat about the community, "Jem, how can you hate Hitler so bad an' than turn around and be ugly about folks at home"(247). The statement said by Scout conveys that she shows critical thinking skills, and that she has a mature personality. Scout's teacher is teaching how Jews have done nothing wrong, and that Hitler targeted them for no reason other then to target them. Scout heard Miss Gates talking down on African Americans and how they don't deserve to live here and be in America. She is being very hypocritical in this case because she is acting like …show more content…
The primarily white and prejudiced jury showed that the town solely cared about the fact that a Black man was accused of raping a White woman. The jury obviously took no account of what really happened, obviously. The trial showed Scout how tough the real world can be on certain people of our society, like Tom, and how lonely people like Boo Radley just need for people to respect them as human beings. Scout learned through her experiences in the Courtroom, and living near Boo